NBC Historic Rare 1960s TV Show Promos - Part 1 (Creator: Bill Feigenbaum)

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2 жыл бұрын

In the last half of the 1960's at NBC, one man was single-handedly producing almost all of NBC's on-air promos: the brilliant Bill Feigenbaum. This is the first taste of what Bill gave me years ago on 3/4" videotape and a direct transfer from what were 15-year old films of his work he had transferred in 1985. All of this is his work, and note that puts an illustration of himself in several times as "Feigenbaum the Fire Eater" :). Bill's illustrations were THE "look" of NBC these years, remember?
This is a raw post of interlaced footage; the rest will have to wait until I can process it properly, color-correct, etc. After all these years, I don't still seen any of this on the internet anywhere.
1. Captain Nice promo - had to be January 1967
2. I Dream of Jeannie promo - Moves to Tuesdays this fall NBC Week Sept 10-17
3. Annie Get Your Gun Promo
4. "NBC Special" intro
5. Star Trek promo - Moving to Fridays (the death slot) this Fall
6. FEIGENBAUM THE FIREATER - into Bonanza "new season" promo
7. The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show - Sunday of NBC Week Sept 15-21
8. Feigenbaum the Fire Eater closes out promo!
9. Man from U.N.C.L.E. - New Day New Time - Mondays This Fall
10. DRAGNET 1967 promo
11. Captain Nice promo #2 - Monday 8:30 (Jan 9, 1967 mid-season premiere)
12. Audio sounds better on "Audio Devices" reel-to-reel tape!
13. Irving Berlin's "Annie Get Your Gun" promo - special 90-minute show Sunday 8:30
14. "Recall" panty hose commercial (obviously done by Bill)
15. Kraft Music Hall promo - Herb Alpert, Louis Armstrong
16. NBC behind-the-scenes promo for COLOR TV!
17. NBC behind-the-scenes promo for their remote shooting of COLOR TV
18. Annie Get Your Gun promo #2
19. TARZAN - full hour promo Friday 7:30
20. Ironside - coming This Fall Thursdays
21. Miss America promo for live event - Saturday
22. promo cuts out before end, sorry. I'll patch and complete later; there's a lot more!

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@goldenagenut 11 ай бұрын

Great compilation, all of the psychedelic art of the time dates it so accurately. It was a different world back then, great memories.

@geraldtanaka4746 2 жыл бұрын

There was a good promo prompting A Hard Day's Night using a penguin instead of a peacock because it was filmed in black and white.

@fromthesidelines 2 жыл бұрын

That's included in "Part 2"- and it was the opening bumper seen during the film's premiere on "TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES" [October 24, 1967].

@armorybrunotjr.3204 Жыл бұрын

Voiceovers are provided by Fred Collins, Bill Wendell, Mel Brandt and Vic Roby.

@jaycordova Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Makes me curious who did what. These are some good NBC voices I distinctly remember.

@mortensenegbert6619 11 ай бұрын

Terrific thanks for the history. You sound like you know your stuff. I found some other NBC announcer names in the article on Bill Wendell. They were Don Pardo, Wayne Howell, Gene Hamilton, Ben Grauer, Fred Facey, Bill McCord, Roger Tuttle, and Howard Reig. But I gather the four you mentioned were the ones most prominently featured in these specific season previews.

@armorybrunotjr.3204 11 ай бұрын

@@mortensenegbert6619 Don't forget about Danny Dark and Casey Kasem from the 1980s.

@mortensenegbert6619 11 ай бұрын

@@armorybrunotjr.3204 I used to watch Casey Kasem's Top Ten show every Saturday night. And I was delighted when I discovered later that he was the voice of Shaggy on "Scooby Doo"! 🙂

@gregsells8549 8 ай бұрын

@@armorybrunotjr.3204 And Don LaFontaine.

@christophertomasello1227 Жыл бұрын

1:14 "Star Trek coming to Fridays at 10 on NBC" it's interesting to note that this happened after the massive letter writing campaign that saved it.

@fromthesidelines 11 ай бұрын

Fridays at 8:30pm(et) in the 1967-'68 season.

@robertroche671 8 ай бұрын

So cool to see these original promos. Thanks so much for posting!

@x60hz Жыл бұрын

I had no idea Bill Daniels had a show called Captain Nice. Love to see that!

@chrischeshire6528 8 ай бұрын

When KITT was in for an oil change.

@johnrobinsoniii4028 7 ай бұрын

I REMEMBER that show! (And CBS had “Mister Terrific”.)

@ronatopaz2793 Ай бұрын

I love Bill Daniels’s work. He’s 96 this year. Wonder if he is still working like Dick Van Dyke?

@jehobden Жыл бұрын

0:35 The JEANNIE promo was for fall 1967. Over its 5 successive seasons NBC had it on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Monday, and finally Tuesday nights respectively.

@ddburdette Жыл бұрын

I recall that when my family had its first color TV, I was very annoyed because Dad would not let us watch some of our favorite shows if they were still in black and white.

@movieman9100 Жыл бұрын

When tv was worth watching.

@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg 3 ай бұрын

I love the sound of crackling on film.

@theloyalorderofclassictv5435 2 жыл бұрын

The only existing footage of Merman's "Annie Get Your Gun!" is that promo - the tape and kine disappeared!

@David-yw2lv 6 ай бұрын

Sad

@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt 6 ай бұрын

It's possible NBC "bean counters" had it removed from storage and "wiped" like they did Johnny Carson's "Tonight Shows" from 1962-1972. NBC didn't want to spend the money to continue storage! A great pop culture LOSS! 😢

@jasonbeard4713 5 ай бұрын

Who told you?

@DTD110865 11 ай бұрын

Who noticed Bill Mumy in that audio commercial that started out in black-and-white?

@tonybuc67 10 ай бұрын

Network television seemed more grand and event like in the 60's and 70's with all the promos!!!

@wecontrolthevideo 2 жыл бұрын

I had a 7 inch reel to reel recorder and used a ton of Audio Devices Audio Tape, first commercial I have ever seen for it. EJ Korvette's used to sell it.

@saxongreen78 Жыл бұрын

The studio equipment shown in the 'Full Color Network' promos were like porn to someone like myself who loves analog tech...I was drooling over all those really heavy and positive switches, sliders, jacks and instruments.

@JasonDelarosa2000 Жыл бұрын

Okay?

@anonUK 7 ай бұрын

Just remember to wash it all off before it can do any damage...😮

@King_Colombia_Inc 8 ай бұрын

The Bird with the Technicolor Plumage.

@batterymakermarkii2654 10 ай бұрын

9:33 "Five...four...three....two...one...Peacock's on!!"

@aaronhall8312 2 жыл бұрын

These are wonderful. Slices of life from when color television was something special. Before my time, unfortunately. And although I like the concept of Captain Nice, good grief… it doesn’t surprise me that I’ve never heard of it before!

@fromthesidelines 2 жыл бұрын

It lasted half a season (after "I DREAM OF JEANNIE"). 15 episodes were produced.

@donbest5024 11 ай бұрын

I guess Captain nice was going to be a spoof on superheroes like get smart was a spoof on secret agents,didn't work.

@jeffmissinne3866 2 ай бұрын

It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry.

@EricLehner Жыл бұрын

Immense creativity compared to today.

@kleverich Жыл бұрын

1:20 - That promo has nothing to do with Star Trek. It looks more like Planet of the Apes.

@Brian-yt8fu 9 ай бұрын

Some beautiful outdoor scenes in Bonaza early episodes were filmed outdoors. Later on it was filmed on indoor sets.

@davidfischer6923 8 ай бұрын

NBC in the 60s

@robertthomas5736 2 ай бұрын

Rare Videos from Shows that Were Here today and gone Tomorrow

@davidgibson7615 Жыл бұрын

9:36 5....4....3....2....1... PEACOCK TIME!

@fromthesidelines Жыл бұрын

He said, "Peacock's on!" 🙂

@georgedansker2704 11 ай бұрын

Simply the greatest! Thanks so much for sharing these priceless clips.

@batterymakermarkii2654 11 ай бұрын

The Captain Nice artwork sure has the handprints of Jack Kirby on it...

@jaycordova 11 ай бұрын

I know, it jumps out as Jack Kirby! I wonder if Bill met Jack working on this promo, Jack would have known that Bill was the NBC guy doing all the illustrations for all the network promos. Funny how we can spot Jack Kirby artwork so easily. I always loved it when occasionally he would draw the Superman character for something - what a great job with that Kirby flair.

@theamigashow9506 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, great archive.

@David-yw2lv 6 ай бұрын

Phyllis Diller had two big bonbs on TV in the '60's

@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt 6 ай бұрын

A brilliant, pioneering comedienne and a gracious, well-loved lady. She doesn't get the credit she deserves for her work entertaining the troops in Viet Nam.

@fromthesidelines 2 жыл бұрын

5:30- It's hard to believe, but a complete videotape (or kinescope) of that 1967 TV edition of "Annie Get Your Gun" ({adapted from the 1966 Lincoln Center revival in New York} has yet to be rediscovered. The TV adaptation of "Damn Yankees" *does* exist.

@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt 6 ай бұрын

NBC was notorious for program "wiping" and just plain trashing. They didn't want to pay for basic storage. Our LOSS!!!😢

@wgd14u 2 жыл бұрын

New subscriber. Really enjoy your channel

@fromthesidelines 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the first "CAPTAIN NICE" promo was seen between January 5-8, 1967 (the premiere was Monday, January 9th). Artwork by Jack Kirby.

@jaycordova 2 жыл бұрын

Kirby was one of my favorite illustrators for both Marvel and DC; you can spot his work a mile away.

@vintagetvandexciting 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know till many years later William Daniels played Captain Nice

@johnurban7333 Жыл бұрын

Created by Buck Henry. You can watch it on KZfaq

@dennisminer7952 Жыл бұрын

My gradeschool friends and I watched Mr. Terrific who changed from mild mannered gas station attendant to silly superhero with a power pill. I think it was on the same season, another network but we loved that short-lived program! 4th grade imaginations. My friend's name was even Stanley just like our hero.

@fromthesidelines Жыл бұрын

"MR. TERRIFIC" and "CAPTAIN NICE" both premiered on the same evening {January 9, 1967}, and ended the same evening {August 28, 1967}. CBS scheduled "MR. TERRIFIC" at 8pm(et), opposite "I DREAM OF JEANNIE"; "CAPTAIN NICE", on NBC, competed with "THE LUCY SHOW" (and "THE RAT PATROL") at 8:30. Both networks cancelled each other out.

@rigid1454 Жыл бұрын

I remember all of these, except for Captain Nice . That must have been canceled immediately .

@jaycordova Жыл бұрын

You must be right haha. Anybody who flew back then like I. This promo … we would have been watching!

@ernestcruz6316 9 ай бұрын

Captain Nice managed to limp from January to August of 1967. 15 episodes aired in all. It was created by Buck Henry.

@fromthesidelines 2 жыл бұрын

Note how Bill cleverly works his name into the promo at 1:33.

@pdxtal7468 5 ай бұрын

At 0:19 and 3:53 it sounds like the voice of Paris Themmen, the actor who played the role of Mike Teevee in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

@fromthesidelines 2 жыл бұрын

1) January 1967 2) August-September 1967 3) March 1967 (it aired on March 19th) 4) 1967 "Special" bumper 5) August-September 1967 6) August-September 1968. The network would briefly superimpose the times each show would appear at the bottom, like this: 1:48 *9:00**/**8:00** Central* 2:05 *10:00**/**9:00** Central* 7) August-September 1967 8) January-February 1967 9) Seen during January 6-8, 1967 [January 9th was the premiere] 10) 1965 11) Seen during March 15-18, 1967 12) 1968 "dummy" commercial, as there was no such product as "Recall Pantyhose" (or a company named "Duplan"). 13) July 1967 {"KRAFT MUSIC HALL" premiered September 13th} 14) April 1966 (during production of a Perry Como "KRAFT MUSIC HALL" special) 15) April 1966 (during coverage of a golf tournament) 16) March 1967 17) September 1966 18) August-September 1967 19) August-September 1968 {airdate was September 7th}. 20) January-February 1968 "Rowan & Martin had DONE it! They were suitably rewarded--- and the King lived *very* happily ever after! So can YOU, with 'ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN'! Monday at 8, 7 Central Time!" BEAR: (in dungeon, chained to wall) "Uh, maybe I didn't *tell* it right......." 😐

@jaycordova 11 ай бұрын

Good notes, thanks.

@fromthesidelines 9 ай бұрын

You're VERY welcome!

@fromthesidelines 9 ай бұрын

12) CORRECTION: There *was* a "Recall" pantyhose available in 1969.

@fromthesidelines 2 жыл бұрын

22. Opening of 1968 "ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN" promo.

@keithelster8858 8 ай бұрын

Interesting to watch. I quite frankly have little recollection of this, even though I was 10 in 1965 and probably saw most of these promos. But most of the animation is so bad that Jay Ward would be embarrassed. Things were different in the '60s, but this stuff wasn't NBC's best efforts.

@batterymakermarkii2654 11 ай бұрын

9:17 Degaussing!